Pressure Cited Against Marking Clinton E-Mails Classified
- FBI releases interview summaries citing State Department staff
- Exchanges also suggest a proposed ‘quid pro quo’ on e-mails
Possible ‘Quid Pro Quo’ in Clinton E-Mail Probe
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A State Department team responsible for determining which records should be kept secret felt “immense pressure” not to label any of about 300 e-mails found on Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server as classified, according to interview summaries released by the FBI.
Officials from the State Department’s Information Programs and Services office began a review in March 2015 of 296 e-mails that were set to be turned over to a House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.